Shan Shiguo

At the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Shan Shiguo will defend her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on the topic: “Strategies of pragmatic adaptation in translating E.A. Poe and Chekhov's short stories into Chinese” within the educational program “8D02302 – Translation (Western Languages)”.

The dissertation was performed at the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation Studies of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

Form of defense – Dissertation work.

Language of defense – Russian.

Official reviewers:

1. Sabirova Dina Altaevna — PhD, Associate Professor, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

2. Orynkhаnova Gibadat Amanzholovna — Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

Scientific supervisors:

1. Yesembekov Temirgali Urazgalievich — Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

2. Gao Yang — Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University (Xi’an, PRC).

Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:

1. Volkova Yana Aleksandrovna – Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (Moscow, Russia).

2. Abisheva Saule Dzhunusovna – Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

3. Kalibekuly Tolqyn – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Kazakh Ablai khan University of International Relations and World Languages (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

The defense will be held in a hybrid format (online and offline) on January 23, 2026, at 10:00 at the dissertation Council at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in the group of specialties/educational programs “6D021300, 8D02303 – Linguistics, 6D021000, 8D02306 – Foreign Philology, 8D01705 – Foreign languages: two foreign languages, 6D020700, 8D02302 – Translation, 8D02208 – Turkology”.

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